As writers, we play a hurry-up-and-wait game. Hurry up and finish the manuscript. Hurry up and edit it. Hurry up and get it revised. Hurry up and send it off to agents and publishers. Then it's wait and wait and wait, hoping to attract the attention of some literary agency or some publisher.
It's hard being patient. It's hard keeping one's self confidence up when there's so much rejection and such long wait times.
How about you? How do you handle having to wait?
I obsessively check my email. D'uh. :-)
ReplyDeleteCathy--Yeah, when it gets near triple digits for the number of times I've checked--in one day--I think I need to go to a 12-step meeting. ;)
DeleteWine and potato chips. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteLisa--Wine and potato chips? Isn't that just a serving of vegetables and a serving of fruit? ;)
DeleteHow do I handle it? Not very well...not very well.
ReplyDeleteOf course the seasoned authors say while one manuscript is off for editing, it's time to polish the newest manuscript while spending time marketing the most recently published book. LOL
I toss it out and hope it hits. I do however obsessively check Submittable.
ReplyDeletePat--Apparently that worked for you, because you got 3 books out at the same time.
ReplyDeleteLinda--And for you, most of the time it DOES hit.